Stephen Coonts' "Flight Of The Intruder": Summary
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This week I read Flight of the Intruder by Stephen Coonts. I read
from page 1 to page 437 for a total of 437 pages.
The book is about an A-6A Intruder (a naval bomber) pilot named
Jake Grafton. In the first few pages Jake's best friend and B/N
(Bombardier/Navigator) is killed by a Vietnamese soldi ....
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.... completely and just hit a few bystanders and
blow craters in the sidewalk. Just when the two are about to be court-
martialed, President Nixon gives the orders of unauthorized bombings
anywhere in North and South Vietnam. Grafton and Cole fly their next
mission with a EA-6B for SAM (surface-to-air missiles) suppression. This
plane only carried antiradiation missiles to destroy the SAMs and their
radar. But, as they were approximating (approaching, advancing on) the
first SAM surface gun ....
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Word count: 592
Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)
